Updated: 03/19/2019

Austin Film Festival and Rooster Teeth are partnering to launch the Inaugural "Rooster Teeth Fellowship Award" to be presented at the 26th Annual Austin Film Festival. This new award will be available in conjunction with AFF's existing Script Competitions and is open to all scripted submissions that embody the Rooster Teeth genre.

Screenwriting Contest News

Scriptation, the company behind the popular script app used on film and television productions worldwide, opened the call for submissions for its new screenwriting competition, the Scriptation Showcase. Fifteen winners' scripts will be featured for a full year in Scriptation, giving them unprecedented exposure to Hollywood professionals. [Updated: 03/12/2019]

THE BOOK OF JOEY by Steven Block has been named the TVWriter.com People's Pilot Comedy category winner, while THE FUCKING NEW GUYS by Meredith Bagby took top honors in the Drama/Action category.
[Updated: 03/06/2019]

Robert Axelrod has been named the 2019 CineStory TV Fellow for his winning episodic spec comedy script BETTER THINGS - "Goy Vey", which impressed the judges by capturing the tone of the show while also showcasing the writer's own voice. [Updated: 02/22/2019]

Greg Silverman’s new media company Stampede is partnering with the HollyShorts Film Festival, the Los Angeles-based short film festival, on a first-look feature film and TV series development program. (From the Hollywood Reporter.) [Updated: 02/19/2019]

CineStory has announced their 2019 Spec Drama, Spec Comedy, Original Drama and Original Comedy category winners. The first place winner of each division is now in the running for this year's TV Fellowship, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, free tuition and housing for this year's TV retreat, and a 12-month mentorship with 2 Hollywood professionals hand-picked to help the Fellow advance the Fellow's craft and career. [Updated: 02/14/2019]

Spy "The Bank" operative Adam Gray is assigned to stop an illegal energy producer from starting a war between China and the United States.
(The project had a letter of intent attached from Film Finances completion bond company and partial financing in place by Banco Popular in Puerto Rico.)
Author: Kevin Birnbaum
Genre: Drama,Thriller,Action-Adventure

A World War II tragedy abruptly transforms the temporary loving friendship of two ethno-racially disparate young Navy wives into a permanent parenting partnership.
Author: Stan Lieberman
Genre: Drama,Romance,LGBTQ

College girl accompanies her new boyfriend to his decaying San Joaquin Valley home town for his mother's birthday and is pulled into family conflicts and lost dreams dating back to the Civil War.
Author: Linda Boroff
Genre: Drama